Notes

Meeting of 11/17/14 Ralph introduced two freeware programs. The first, Karen's Printer Directory, www.karenware.com/progs/ptdirprn-setup.exe, allows the user to either save or print the names of files that appear in a directory, choosing the level of detail included in the printout.

The second program is Bulk Renamer, www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/,
It can be used to automatically modify multiple file names.

Ralph then showed a slide show of the art museum at Crystal Bridges in Rogers Arkansas using Irfanview.

Members who attended the meeting discussed the future focus of the Photo SIG. The consensus was that we should concentrate on interesting images, photo editing and photo display. Given the challenge of coming up with new topics for each meeting, we will give ourselves an assignment at the close of each meeting to discuss at the next meeting.

Images in Red; The assignment for the meeting on Sunday, December 14th is to bring one or more images in which the dominant color is red. I look forward to a wide variety of images and a lively discussion of techniques and artistic intent.


Meeting of 12/14/14 Ralph demonstrated two freeware programs. They are
    File Tree: www.jam-software.com/treesize_free and
   Jing: www.techsmith.com/download/jing

File Tree "shows you the size of (a) folder, including its subfolders in an Explorer-like fashion."

Jing is a screen capture program that allows you to take a screen shot of a single image or record a video as you navigate from one screen to another.

Ralph then demonstrated Focus Twist: www.focustwist.com an app that allows you to create refocusable images from a iPhone. By clicking on different areas of the image, the selected area comes into focus, giving the illusion of depth of field. You will find a example at www.focustwist.com/ekSkj

Afterwards many members of the group shared images in which red was the dominant color.

The theme for the next session is Images Featuring Wildlife. Members are invited to bring photos in which wildlife is the primary focus.